Subotica Interzonal 1987

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Subotica Interzonal 1987
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In addition to five seeded players from the previous (1985-1987) cycle, three players from the Szirak Interzonal (1987), three players from Subotica (this page), and three players from Zagreb Interzonal (1987) would advance to the seven Candidates eighthfinal matches in 1988. The eighthfinal matches replaced the Candidates tournament, which had been revived with the Montpellier Candidates (1985), and aimed to select a challenger for the World Champion, i. e. the winner of the upcoming Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987). The loser of that match (which was Anatoly Karpov) would join the seven eighthfinal winners for the quarterfinal matches, and so on, until the knockout system had produced a challenger in 1990.

The players were accomodated in the town of Palić, a quiet place with huge parks in front of Lake Palić. Mosquitoes attacked frequently, and the nearest telephone to the rooms was about 200 m away, which made it impossible to receive calls. The tournament was held in Subotica, a city near to the Hungarian border with about 150,000 inhabitants. The City Hall, built by architects between 1908 and 1910, was spacious enough to room the players, the press, and a good number of fans. FIDE president Florencio Campomanes greeted the participants at the ceremonial opening on Monday (June 22). He announced that Robert Huebner had forsaked his right to participate so late that the number one reserve Vladimir Tukmakov could not replace him. The tournament therefore started with one bye each round, and after Kavalek withdrew due to illness before Round 8, two byes each round. Tal postponed his opening game against Sax due to illness. Alburt was also ill and postponed his Round 8 game against Rodriguez, so it was not always easy to tell who was in the lead.

Short and Speelman and their seconds Daniel King and William Watson formed a cheerful quartet, and when Short turned up in shorts before Round 13, it was too much for Ribli. Ribli was assisted by Gabor Kallai. Kavalek was assisted by Vlastimil Hort, Alburt by Gennadi Sosonko, Tal by Vladimir Bagirov, Sax by Pal Petran, Ernst by Conny Holst (replacing Tom Wedberg). Main organizers: Ivan Sedlak and Adrian Táncos. Chief arbiter Milos Petronic was assisted by Ernő Benedek and József Színes. Ribli had a bye in the last round and had to sit and watch the Englishmen draw their games. Sax won his last four games and rocketed to the top of the table.

Subotica, Yugoslavia (Serbia), 22 June - 13 July 1987

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Sax 36 2570 • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½ =1 Short 22 2615 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10½ =1 Speelman 30 2550 ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10½ =4 Tal 50 2605 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 10 =4 Ribli 35 2580 ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 6 Rodriguez 30 2495 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 7 Marjanovic 32 2505 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 =8 Smyslov 66 2550 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ =8 Chernin 27 2570 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ • 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7½ 10 Popovic 28 2540 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 • 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 7 11 Zapata 28 2505 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 • ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6½ 12 Ernst 26 2465 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ • 1 1 1 0 6 13 Alburt 41 2575 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 0 • ½ 0 ½ 5½ 14 Jun Xu 24 2495 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ 5 15 Prasad 25 2425 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 • ½ 4 16 Hamed 33 2310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • 3 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Kavalek 43 2560 - ½ - - - - ½ - ½ 0 - 1 - - ½ - 3

Sax and Short went to the Short - Sax Candidates Eighthfinal (1988), and Speelman to the Speelman - Seirawan Candidates Eighthfinal (1988). Tal and Ribli (who shared 4th) were supposed to play against each other, in a 6-game match, in order to have a reserve player should any of the Candidates players withdraw or become unable to attend. But Ribli refused to play, and Tal was not much interested either.

Sources

Mark Weeks' website (https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/88...)
Борба (Borba), daily reports (https://xn--80aafkgm9bibt.xn--90a3a...)
FIDE Rating List January 1987 (https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo19...)
Népszabadság, 30 June 1987 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Nep...)
Népsport, 24 June 1987, p. 8 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Nem...)
Hungarian newspapers at Arcanum (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/search/r...)
Jaque 225, 15 September 1987, pp. 490-496 (http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l...)
Tidskrift för Schack, August 1987, pp. 235-236 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1987...)
Zsuzsa Veroci in Népszava, 22 June 1987, p. 12 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Nep...)
Zsuzsa Veroci in Népszava, 27 June 1987, p. 15 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Nep...)
Gabor Kallai in Sakkélet, 25 September 1987, pp. 281-288 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)

Original collection: Game Collection: Subotica Interzonal 1987 by User: Tabanus. Round dates (June 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, July 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13) are from daily reports in Борба (Borba) (Serbia) and Hungarian newspapers at Arcanum.com.

Round 1 June 22 (Alburt bye)
Ribli vs T Ernst, 1987
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 1-0
Tal ill, played June 26
Tal vs Sax, 1987
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
D V Prasad vs Marjanovic, 1987
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 60 moves, 0-1
Short vs P Popovic, 1987
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Chernin vs Kavalek, 1987
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
A I Hamed vs Speelman, 1987
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 42 moves, 0-1
A Zapata vs Smyslov, 1987
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 85 moves, 1-0
A Rodriguez vs J Xu, 1987
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
Round 2 June 23 (Marjanovic bye)
Sax vs Ribli, 1987
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Popovic vs D V Prasad, 1987
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs Short, 1987
(A90) Dutch, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
T Ernst vs Chernin, 1987
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 62 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Tal, 1987
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
Speelman vs A Zapata, 1987
(A53) Old Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
J Xu vs A I Hamed, 1987
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alburt vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 3 June 24 (Rodriguez bye)
A I Hamed vs Alburt, 1987
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zapata vs J Xu, 1987
(B83) Sicilian, 52 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Speelman, 1987
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
Ribli vs Smyslov, 1987
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs Sax, 1987
(E15) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs T Ernst, 1987
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
D V Prasad vs Kavalek, 1987
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Marjanovic vs P Popovic, 1987
(B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4 June 25 (Popovic bye)
Kavalek vs Marjanovic, 1987
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sax vs Short, 1987
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs Ribli, 1987
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 34 moves, 1-0
J Xu vs Tal, 1987
(A56) Benoni Defense, 40 moves, 0-1
A Rodriguez vs A I Hamed, 1987
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Alburt vs A Zapata, 1987
(A53) Old Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
T Ernst vs D V Prasad, 1987
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 70 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Chernin, 1987
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 5 June 27 (Hamed bye)
Ribli vs J Xu, 1987
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0
D V Prasad vs Sax, 1987
(B83) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
A Zapata vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 49 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Alburt, 1987
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs Speelman, 1987
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 52 moves, 0-1
Short vs Smyslov, 1987
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 65 moves, 1-0
Marjanovic vs T Ernst, 1987
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
P Popovic vs Kavalek, 1987
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1-0
Round 6 June 28 (Kavalek bye)
Sax vs Marjanovic, 1987
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 36 moves, 1-0
Alburt vs Ribli, 1987
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 40 moves, 0-1
T Ernst vs P Popovic, 1987
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 24 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs D V Prasad, 1987
(A12) English with b3, 51 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs Short, 1987
(E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Xu vs Chernin, 1987
(A13) English, 48 moves, 1-0
A Rodriguez vs Tal, 1987
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
A I Hamed vs A Zapata, 1987
(A56) Benoni Defense, 79 moves, 0-1
Round 7 June 29 (Zapata bye)
Ribli vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(E15) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Popovic vs Sax, 1987
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Tal vs A I Hamed, 1987
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 46 moves, 1-0
Chernin vs Alburt, 1987
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
Short vs J Xu, 1987
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
D V Prasad vs Speelman, 1987
(B57) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
Marjanovic vs Smyslov, 1987
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs T Ernst, 1987
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 8 July 1 (Kavalek withdrawn, Ernst AND Sax bye)
A I Hamed vs Ribli, 1987
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 49 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs P Popovic, 1987
(B58) Sicilian, 63 moves, 0-1
Speelman vs Marjanovic, 1987
(E17) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Xu vs D V Prasad, 1987
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0
Alburt ill, played July 4
Alburt vs Short, 1987
(A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Rodriguez vs Chernin, 1987
(C14) French, Classical, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zapata vs Tal, 1987
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 57 moves, 0-1
Round 9 July 2 (Tal & Smyslov bye)
Ribli vs A Zapata, 1987
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 55 moves, 1-0
T Ernst vs Sax, 1987
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs A I Hamed, 1987
(A80) Dutch, 18 moves, 1-0
Short vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 31 moves, 1-0
Marjanovic vs J Xu, 1987
(B50) Sicilian, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Popovic vs Speelman, 1987
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
D V Prasad vs Alburt, 1987
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 95 moves, 1-0
Round 10 July 3 (Sax & Speelman bye)
Tal vs Ribli, 1987
(E17) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
A I Hamed vs Short, 1987
(A84) Dutch, 39 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs T Ernst, 1987
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0
J Xu vs P Popovic, 1987
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alburt vs Marjanovic, 1987
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Rodriguez vs D V Prasad, 1987
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 72 moves, 1-0
A Zapata vs Chernin, 1987
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 61 moves, 1-0
Round 11 July 5 (Jun Xu & Ribli bye)
Sax vs Smyslov, 1987
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs Tal, 1987
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs A Zapata, 1987
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
D V Prasad vs A I Hamed, 1987
(B06) Robatsch, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Marjanovic vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Popovic vs Alburt, 1987
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 0-1
T Ernst vs Speelman, 1987
(B06) Robatsch, 56 moves, 0-1
Round 12 July 6 (Alburt & Smyslov bye)
Speelman vs Sax, 1987
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ribli vs Chernin, 1987
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
J Xu vs T Ernst, 1987
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 0-1
A Rodriguez vs P Popovic, 1987
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
A I Hamed vs Marjanovic, 1987
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
A Zapata vs D V Prasad, 1987
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs Short, 1987
(C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 13 July 7 (Rodriguez & Chernin bye)
Short vs Ribli, 1987
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 40 moves, 1-0
D V Prasad vs Tal, 1987
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 40 moves, 1-0
Marjanovic vs A Zapata, 1987
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 62 moves, 1-0
P Popovic vs A I Hamed, 1987
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
T Ernst vs Alburt, 1987
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 1-0
Sax vs J Xu, 1987
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Smyslov vs Speelman, 1987
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 14 July 9 (Hamed & Speelman bye)
Ribli vs D V Prasad, 1987
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
Alburt vs Sax, 1987
(A63) Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7, 42 moves, 0-1
J Xu vs Smyslov, 1987
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs Short, 1987
(A25) English, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Rodriguez vs T Ernst, 1987
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 1-0
A Zapata vs P Popovic, 1987
(B56) Sicilian, 62 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Marjanovic, 1987
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 42 moves, 1-0
Round 15 July 10 (Short & Zapata bye)
Marjanovic vs Ribli, 1987
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sax vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 54 moves, 1-0
P Popovic vs Tal, 1987
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
D V Prasad vs Chernin, 1987
(B06) Robatsch, 60 moves, 0-1
T Ernst vs A I Hamed, 1987
(B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs Alburt, 1987
(A14) English, 47 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs J Xu, 1987
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 1-0
Round 16 July 11 (Jun Xu & Tal bye)
Ribli vs P Popovic, 1987
(A15) English, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs D V Prasad, 1987
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 85 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alburt vs Speelman, 1987
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs Marjanovic, 1987
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 1-0
A I Hamed vs Sax, 1987
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 58 moves, 0-1
A Rodriguez vs Smyslov, 1987
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zapata vs T Ernst, 1987
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 17 July 13 (Prasad & Ribli bye)
Marjanovic vs Short, 1987
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Popovic vs Chernin, 1987
(B06) Robatsch, 62 moves, 0-1
T Ernst vs Tal, 1987
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 59 moves, 0-1
Sax vs A Zapata, 1987
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 62 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs A I Hamed, 1987
(B06) Robatsch, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Speelman vs A Rodriguez, 1987
(E16) Queen's Indian, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Xu vs Alburt, 1987
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
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